Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,350, William Findly, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Findly, William or Finley or Findley
S 34,350
CONTENTS
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New Jersey Roll
William Findly II Capt Wade N.J. Private
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of New Jersey at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 2 nd of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th of May 1818 and sent to Hon Lewis Condick, Clarestown, N.J.
Arrearages to 1 st Sept r 1818 5 months 3/30 $40.80
New Jersey line { Revolutionary claims, { Act 18th March, 1818, }
77 6 years Died Oct 15, 1824
William Findly II Capt Wade N.J. Private Revolutionary War New Jersey

William Lindsy. 5
Correct DN
2 Apr

State of New Jersey Morris County fr. S
Personally came before me, Lewis Condick, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, William Findley, who being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he served as a Private Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, under the Continental Establishment; that he enlisted at Mendham, in the County of Morris, and State of New Jersey as near as he can recollect in the month of October, in the year seventeen hundred and seventy seven in Capt. Nathaniel Ward's Company in Col. Ephraim Martin's Regiment being the fourth Regiment of the Jersey Line; that he continued in said service six years five months and several days, during which time he was not absent from the service more than twenty days (and those upon furlough) at any time except in one instance, when he was confined for three months in the Hospital; that he was regularly discharged at the New Windsor Huts, in the State of New York, at the close of the War, that his discharge by reason of time, has been lost; that he is seventy five years of age, entirely blind, and considerably infirm; and that by reason of his reduced circumstances, he needs the assistance of his country for support; and prays to be placed upon the Pension List.
This Deponent further saith that he resides in Randolph Township, in the County of Morris, and State of New Jersey, and that he has never heretofore received any Pension from the Government.
Sworn & subscribed before me this fourth day of April Domini 1818.
William Findley his mark.
Lewis Condick.

State of New Jersey } ss. Before the subscriber, one of the judges of the Superior Court of County of Morris } Common Pleas in & for said County, personally came William Tuttle, of said County, & being duly sworn, deposed & saith, that he served in the Army of the U.S. in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for six years or more, that he will remember William Findley, as a soldier in the said Army in the Jersey line, for at least, the period of one year, & perhaps longer. W tness Tuttle Sworn & subscribed before me } this 24 th day of April 1818 } Lewis Condick.
I. Lewis Condick, a Judge of the Superior Court of Common Pleas in & for the County of Morris State of N. Jersey, do hereby certify, that it appears to my satisfaction, that the aforesaid William Findley, served in the revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing deposition, against the common enemy; & I now transmit the testimony & proceedings taken & had before me, to the Secretary for the Depart- ment of War, pursuant to the directions of the act of Congress of the 18 th March Session 1818- Lewis Condick Morris County N. Jersey April 24 th 1818.

State of New Jersey County of Morris ss. I Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the said County of Morris, do Certify, that Lewis Condict Esgar before whom the foregoing Affidavits are made, is, and was at the doing thereof duly enrolled One of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Morris, and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to his Official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Seal of the said County the second day of May A Eighteen hundred and eighteen.
Robert H. McCarter

William Finley
110 ...
Cone
May 18
Sep 18
EC

District of New-Jersey, } ss. Morris County, }
On this seventh day of July, 1820, personally appeared in open Court, before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, holden at Morris-Town, in and for the County of Morris, in the term of July, in the year aforesaid. [The said court being a court of record, possessing a seal, proceeding according to the course of the common law, having a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping records of its proceedings, and its Judgments being removeable by writ of error only]
William Finley
aged sixty six
years, resident in the township of Mendham
in said county, who being sworn
according to law
doth on his oath
declare, that he served in the fourth and first
Regiments under Col. Martin and Col. Ogden in Capt. Wade Mitchell and Holmes's Companies in the New Jersey line, that he applied for his pension on the second day of April 1816. That his Pension certificate is numbered 715.
And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States, on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed. That I am and have been a
Pauper for twenty years last past, That I have been a Labourer by Occupation but am now incapable of pursuing it by reason of total blindness. That I have no family -
Sworn to, and declared on the 7th day of July 1820 before.
his William F. Finley mark
Col. H. Ford.

SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing deposition of
William Finley
The deponent had no property whatsoever, real or personal.
Sworn to and declared 7 th July 1820 before
Gab. H. Ford.
his William Finley mark.

State of New Jersey, } ss. County of Morris. }
I, Robert H. McCarter, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Morris, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath, and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court;
In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said Court, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty.
Robert H. McCarter Clerk of the Court for the County of Morris

34 350
Rev INVALID.
File No. 34,350
William Kindly His Rev. Rev.
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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